Section: US & Canada
Exclusive Interview with Narendra Modi: ‘We Are Natural Allies’
On May 2, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat down for an exclusive two-hour interview with TIME editor Nancy Gibbs, Asia editor Zoher Abdoolcarim and South Asia bureau chief Nikhil Kumar in New Delhi. Speaking mostly in Hindi, Modi talked about everything from his ambitions for India to the global war on terrorism to what personally moves...
V-Day in Russia evokes national pride at difficult time
Symbols of the Soviet triumph in World War II are impossible to escape in Russia in the run-up to the 70th anniversary of Victory Day on Saturday. There are the black-and-orange St. George’s ribbons tied to women’s hand bags, wartime TV bulletins from the front line played after the evening news and “To Berlin!” stickers...
Russia’s Greatest Weapon May Be Its Hackers
In hacker jargon, it’s called a “cyber-to-physical effect.” It’s when a hacker reaches out from the virtual world into the real one—often with catastrophic consequences. The Americans and Israelis pioneered the technique back in 2009 when the Stuxnet program infiltrated Iranian computer systems and wrecked thousands of...
World Briefing: Ukraine: Soldiers Die in Strife in the Separatist East
Five soldiers had been killed and 12 wounded in fighting in the separatist east, casting further doubt on the prospects for a months-old cease-fire that has never fully taken hold. …read more Source: The New York...
The Short Life and Speedy Death of Russia’s Silicon Valley
In the world of tech, six years is a long, long time. In 2009, the iPad was but a twinkle in Steve Jobs’s eye; 20 percent of the mobile phones sold in the United States were made by BlackBerry; and some of 2015’s finest procrastination tools — Instagram, Snapchat, even Candy Crush Saga — were still years away from release. It was in...
Ruble to the Rescue?
April was the best month for the ruble since 1993. The Russian currency is up 18 percent against the dollar so far this year. Those gains pushed Russian stocks up and rewarded investors who stuck it out or were brave enough to jump back in. They’re not big enough, though, to save the country’s faltering economy. And new data suggest...
Ukraine Ceasefire May Be About To Die Officially As Violations Reach Peak — Or Moscow May Cool Off Conflict
Eastern Ukraine is still formally under a ceasefire, as it has been for the three months following the signing of the Minsk agreements in February. But almost every day since then, the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian rebels have continued to fight, shelling and shooting at each other. …read more Source: International Business...
Five Ukrainian soldiers killed in clashes with eastern separatists
One of deadliest days since ceasefire agreement comes as government and representatives from rebel groups meet in Belarus to seek diplomatic settlement. …read more Source: Toronto...
Ukraine, Rebels Hold Talks On Shaky truce
Ukrainian and separatist representatives have met in Minsk for the first time since the two sides signed a peace deal in February. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Women’s Tribunal, Sarajevo 2015
I am a Woman in Black from Belgrade. I was one of the organizers of the the first feminist conference in East Europe, Drug-ca Zena in 1978 in Belgrade. I am also the author of “The Diary of the Political Idiot,” maybe the first war diary written by a woman distributed over the Internet. In 2005, I happened to be in New York at the UN...
